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12. Death Related Practices and the American Death System Flashcards

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Why does every society establish a death system?

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To cope with the challenges that death brings to human existance

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What are the elements in a Societal death system?

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People
Objects
Places
Symbols
Times

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Who are the people involved in a societal death system?

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Funeral Directors
Medical Examiners
Lawyers
Florists

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What are objects included in a societal death system?

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Hearses
Obituaries
Tombstones

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What are places in a societal death system?

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Cemeteries
Funeral homes
Health Care Institutions

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What are symbols in a societal death system?

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Skulls
Crossbones
Black armbands
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust”

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What are important days in a societal death system?

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Memorial day
Death anniversaries
Day of the Dead

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What is memorial day for?

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Day to think / pray for those who died in the line of duty for the country

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What are functions in a societal death system?

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  • To warn and predict
  • To work toward social consolidation
  • To prevent death
  • To help make sense of death
  • To care for the dying
  • To care for the dead
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What’s used to warn and predict death?

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Sirens
Flashing Lights
Alerts

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What are ways to work toward social consolidation?

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Funeral rituals
Bereavement support groups

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Who is put in place to prevent death?

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Police and security officers
Emergency medical care
Department of Homeland Security

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What exists to help make sense of death?

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Religious support
Spiritual help
Philosophical programs

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What exists to care for the dying?

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Hospice
Hospitals

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What exists to care for the dead?

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Cemeteries
Crematories

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What are the types of ways death is caused by people?

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Accidents
Homicide
Terrorism
War and Genocide

17
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How many deaths were recorded in 2019 in the Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics?

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3,610

18
Q

What was the economic loss in 2019 according to the Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics?

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$39,000,000,000

19
Q

What are the ages that have highest death rates?

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15 to 24 year olds
75 to 84 year olds
85+ year olds

20
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Who has the significantly higher rates of motor vehicle accidents?

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Males

21
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What type of grief may survivors of motor vehicle accidents experience?

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Complicated grief

22
Q

What % of homicide approximately occurs between family members?

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50%

23
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In homicide what % of cases do victims come from the same race as perpetrator?

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90%

24
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What use (or misuse) is strongly correlated with homicide?

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Firearms

25
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What is the highest rates of age in homicide?

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15 to 24 year olds

26
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What is the second highest rate of age in homicide?

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25 to 34 year olds

27
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Who is most likely to be the perpetrators in homicide?

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Males

28
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What are two types of Violent Acts?

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Terrorism
Genocide

29
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Why do people justify violent acts?

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Perpetrated on behalf of some religious, political, or ideological goals / ideals

30
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What act of Genocide happened during the 2 WW

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The Holocaust

31
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Who were targeted in the holocaust?

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Jewish
Gypsies (aka Romani)
Jehovah’s Witness’ (aka a cult)
Homosexuals

32
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How many people were targeted during the holocaust?

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6 million European Jews and Millions of others

33
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What are euphemisms?

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Substituting a pleasant or inoffensive word or expression for language viewed as harsher or more offensive
“pleasing ways of speaking”

34
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When are Americans comfortable with death language?

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When the events have nothing to do with actual death and dying

35
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What are examples of Americans using death language?

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Dead batteries
Being dead drunk
Dead tired
Scared to death
Worried to death
Bored to death

36
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What is the purpose of death related language?

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To communicate and learn to accept each other
Emphasis and exaggeration
Dramatization and intensification
Power and dominance

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